Apparatus for shaping and cutting candy.



No; 669,905. Patented Mar. l2, lam.

P. A. STERNE.

APPARATUS FUR SHAPING AND CUTTlNG CANDY.

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A ES ATENT PRINCE ALBERT STERNE, OF NORFOLK, VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR OFONE-HALF TO EDWIN T. WADE AND B. R. JONES 8: COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE, ANDP. H. LARKIN, OF PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.

APPARATUS FOR SHAPING AND CUTTING CANDY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 669,905, dated March12, 1901.

Application filed December 1900. Serial No. 40,527. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: spacing-blocks are locked against movementBeitknown that I, PRINCE ALBERT STERNE, on the rod or shaft 6 by meansof the clampa citizen of the United States, residing at Noring-nuts 7,which engage the outer surface of folk, in the countyof Norfolk andState of Virthe lugs 4. The edges of the notches 9 are 5 ginia, haveinvented new and useful Improveblunt or rounded for a purpose which willments in Apparatus for Shaping and Cutting hereinafter appear. 5 5Candy, of which the following is a specifica- On the inner surfaces ofthe uprights or tion. standards 3 are formed vertically-disposed Myinvention relates to apparatus for shapparallel grooves 11, in which fitand are I0 ing and cutting plastic material, such as candy adapted tomove the ribs 12 on the verticallyor the like, one object of the samebeing to disposed bars 13, which extend down through provide meanswhereby an elongated strip of openings in the table or support 2 and arecandy or other plastic material may be cut up connected together attheir lower projecting into sections and shaped in spherical form. endsby means of the curved cross-bar 14. The

I 5 A further object of the invention is to prosaid cross-bar 14 isattached to the verticallyvide means whereby the machine may beadmovable bars 13 by means of removable pins justed so as to cut andshape the spherical 15, by which construction s'aid bar 14 may besections of different diameters. disconnected from the bars 13. A spring16,

Other objects and advantages of the invensecured to the cross-bar l4 andto the under 20 tion will hereinafter appear, and the novel side of thetable or support 2, tends to hold features thereof will be setforth inthe claims. said cross-bar and the parts connected there- In thedrawings forming apart of this specito normally in their raisedpositions. The

fication, Figure 1 is a side elevation of my imsaid cross-bar 14. andthe parts to which it is proved apparatus, partly in section. Fig. 2attached may be depressed,however,by means 25 is a front elevation ofthe same, partly in secof a foot-lever 17, connected through the linktion. Fig. 3 is a perspective "iew. Fig. 4 is or pitman 18 with saidcross-bar. Connect- .75 a detail sectional view of a plurality of theing the upper ends of the bars 13 is a horishaping knives or cutters,and Fig. 5 is a de zontally-disposed rod or shaft 19, on which tail Viewof one of the spherical sections proare mounted the shaping knives orcutters 20,

3o duced by the apparatus. the outer ends of said shaft 19 being screw-Like reference-numerals indicate like parts threaded to receive theclamping-nuts 21. in the difierent views. Each of the knives or cutters20 projects out- The base 1 of my machine is mounted upon wardly fromthe shaft 19 and is curved down a suitable table or support 2 and hasthe verwardly and formed with in verted-V-shaped 35 tical uprights 01'standards 3 at opposite ends notches 22 in its lower end, as clearlyshown.

thereof. Said base is also provided at oppo- The said knives or cutters20 are arranged in site ends in front of the uprights 3 with lugsparallel relation to each other and are sepa- 4, having notches orrecesses 5 therein and rated from each other on the shaft 19 byconstituting bearings or supports for a horimeans of the spacing-blocks23, similar to the 40 zontally-disposed rod or shaft 6, the ends ofspacing-blocks 10, heretofore described. Ex-

which are screwthreaded to receive the tending through the outerends ofthe knives clamping-nuts 7. Embracing therod 0r shaft or cutters 20 is arod or shaft 24, whose ends 6 and secured thereto are the stationaryupare attached, by means of the braces 25, to the wardly-extendingshaping and cutting knives vertically-disposed rods 13. In this way the45 8, arranged parallel to each other and proknives or cutters 20 arefirmly braced at all vided with V-shaped notches 9 in their up pointsand prevented from displacement on 5 per ends. These knives or cutters 8are septhe shaft 19. Spacing-blocks 26, similar to arated from eachother by the spacing-blocks the blocks 10 and 23, heretofore referredto,

10, which fit upon the rod or shaft 6, and said are located on the shaft24 between the knives or cutters 20. The knives 20 are the same distanceapart as the knives 8, and the inverted-V-shaped notches 22 therein,which are provided with the blunt or rounded edges, cooperate With thenotched upper ends 9 of the knives or cutters 8. Each of the knives 20,however, is located slightly out of line with the knife or cutter 8 withwhich it c0- operates, so that during the downward movement of theknives 20 the same will be permitted to pass by the knives 8, asillustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings.

In using myimproved device an elongated mass of candyin a plasticcondition is placed upon the upper ends of the knives 8, resting withinthe notches 9 of said knives. The foot-lever 17 is then depressed, whichaction, through the pit-man 18 and cross-bar 14, draws down thevertically-movable bars 13 against the action of the spring 16. As theshafts 19 and 24, with which the cutters 20 are connected, are alsoconnected to the bars 13, the depression of said bars 13 will cause asimilar downward movement to be imparted to all of the knives 20. Thenotched ends 22 of said knives are thereby brought in contact with theupper surface of the mass of plastic candy and, cooperating with thenotched upper ends 9 of the knives or cutters 8, draw the candy aroundinto spherical form, as illustrated in Fig. 4 of the drawings. As thenotches 9 and 22 of the knives 8 and 20, respectively, are oppositelydisposed, the blunt or rounded edges thereof will engage all sides ofthe elongated mass of candy, and with the gradually-decreasing size ofthe spaces between the notches 9 and 22, due to the continued downwardmovement of the knives.

20, the candy will be continuously drawn around or shaped into sphericalform and finally severed into spherical sections, when the spacesbetween the notches 9 and 22 are completely closed. When the cutting upof the mass into sections has taken place, the foot is removed from thelever 17 and the knives 20 return to their normal raised positionsthrough the action of the spring 16.

If it be desired to remove the table 2 and the machine which is mountedthereon away from the foot-lever 17, it is merely necessary to removethe pins 15 from the ends of the cross-bar 14 and disconnect saidcross-bar from the vertically-movable bars 13.

The spacing-blocks 10, 23, and 26 are all of the same length. If it bedesired, however, to produce spherical candy-sections of larger orsmaller diameter, it is merely necessary to loosen the clamping-nuts onthe ends of the shafts 6, 19, and 24, remove the knives or cutters 8 and20 and the blocks 10, 23, and 26 from said shafts, and replace saidcutters on their respective shafts with interposed spacing-blocks ofgreater orless length. In this way the distance between the shapingknives or cutters may be varied and spherical candy-sections ofdifierent diameters produced.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

.l. In an apparatus for shaping and cutting candy and other plasticmaterials, two sets of codperating knives or cutters having V- shapedengaging ends.

2. In an apparatus for shaping and cutting candy and other plasticmaterials, two sets of codperating knives or cutters having V- shapedengaging ends, provided with blunt or dull edges.

' 3. In an apparatus for shaping and cutting candy and other plasticmaterials, a series of stationary shaping and cutting knives havingV-shaped engaging ends and arranged parallel to each other with theirengaging ends uppermost, and a series of movable shaping and cutting knies arranged parallel to each other above said stationary knives andhaving inverted-V-shaped engaging ends, the upper set of said kniveslocated in planes parallel to the lower set and adapted to cooperatetherewith.

4. In an apparatus for shaping and cutting candy and other plasticmaterials, a series of stationary shaping and cutting knives havingV-shaped engaging ends and arranged parallel to each other with theirengaging ends uppermost, a series of movable shaping and cutting knivesarranged parallel to each other above said stationary knives and havinginverted-V-shaped engaging ends, the upper set of said knives located inplanes parallel to the lower set and adapted to cooperate therewith, afoot-lever for depressing the series of movable knives, and a spring forreturning the same to their normal raised position.

5. In an apparatus for shaping and cutting candy and other plasticmaterials, the combination with a base and a pair of uprights orstandards thereon having vertically-disposed grooves therein,of a seriesof stationary shaping and cutting knives secured to said base, arrangedin parallel relation to each other, spaced apart and having their upperends provided with V-shaped notches, a pair of vertically-disposedparallel bars having ribs thereon which fit and are adapted to movewithin the grooves in said uprights, a rod or shaft connecting the barsat their upper ends, a series of shaping and cutting knives secured tosaid shaft, projecting outwardly and downwardly therefrom, havingiuverted-V-shaped notches in their lower ends, spaced apart and arrangedin paralell relation to each other, the upper set of knives adapted tocooperate with the lower stationary set, and means for reciprocatingsaid verticallydisposed bars and the knives connected thereto.

6. In an apparatus for shaping and cutting candy and other plasticmaterials, the combination with a base, of a removable rod or shaftmounted therein, a series of stationary shaping and cutting knives onsaid shaft having V-shaped upper ends, spacing-blocks removably mountedon said shaft, means for clamping said knives and said blocks tosaid'shaft,

having V-shaped notches in their upper ends arranged in parallelrelation to each otherand spaced apart, two vertically disposed barsprojecting downwardly beneath said base and having ribs thereon whichfit and move within said grooves, a cross-bar connecting the lower endsof said vertical bar, a spring attached to said cross-bar and to astationary part for holding said cross-bar and the parts connectedtherewith in their raised positions, a foot-lever, a pitinan connectingsaid foot-leverwith said cross-ban, a rod or shaft connecting the upperends of said vertically-disposed bars, outwardly and downwardlyextending shaping and cutting knives secured to the latter shaft,arranged in parallel relation to each other, spaced apart and havinginverted, V- shaped notches in their lower ends, a rod orshaftconnecting the upper series of knives intermediate their ends, andbraces connecting the latter shaft with said vertically-disposed bars.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twosubscribingwitnesses.

PRINCE ALBERT STERNE. Witnesses:

EDWIN 'l. WADE, WM. M. STOCKBRIDGE.

